By Kevin Krolicki and Qiaoyi Li
SHENZHEN, March 20 (Reuters) – The chief executive of Chinese autonomous drive startup ZYT says the AI system his company is about to debut is already a better driver than he is on the crowded streets of Shenzhen.
ZYT, a spin-off from Chinese drone maker DJI, will demonstrate what it calls a “mobility foundation model” at the Beijing auto show in April. It’s a system CEO Shen Shaojie, 39, describes as a cost-saving departure from the way autonomous drive systems have been built and trained.
Rather than relying on dedicated “modules” to detect cars, pedestrians or traffic lights and training a system based on the geography and traffic patterns of a particular market, the ZYT model can work out how to drive on its…